Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
He established his first automobile dealership in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1959 and sold that business in 1965.
Gatton purchased the Chevrolet and Cadillac franchises in Bristol, Tennessee and moved there in 1967.
He has owned automobile dealerships in all three cities of the Tri-Cities, Lexington, Kentucky, Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee, Huntsville, Alabama and Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
Bill Gatton enjoyed the automobile business but also loved the real estate and banking industries.
Did Bill Gatton sell his dealerships? Who bought Bill Gatton?
Dealer Bill Gatton in the first quarter of 2022 sold three of his dealerships in Bristol, Tenn., to different buyers.
On January 31, 2022, Umansky Automotive Group, of Memphis, Tenn., owned by Dan Umansky bought Bill Gatton Honda and renamed it Bristol Honda.
Dutch Miller Auto Group, of Huntington, W.Va., on January 31 purchased Bill Gatton Nissan and renamed it Dutch Miller Nissan of Bristol.
Gatton also sold his Bill Gatton Chevrolet dealership to dealer Steve Harrell II.
The transaction, which closed on February 4, 2022, did not include Gatton’s Cadillac franchise. The dealership was renamed, Bristol Chevrolet.